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Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Government Affairs Council
Operating Procedures
Unanimously revised and approved by the GAC, July 2010
Unanimously revised and approved by the Board of Directors, July
2010
Mission Statement
• The mission of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Government Affairs Council (GAC) is to provide a vehicle through
which the Chamber takes action on local, state and federal
public policy issues impacting the regional business community.
Composition
• GAC will consist of at least 15 and no more than 35 voting
members. Composition shall be representative of the general
Chamber membership.
• The GAC Chair will be appointed by the incoming Chairman of
the Chamber’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) each year and
shall serve on the Board as the Vice Chairman for Public Policy.
• GAC membership is open to all Chamber members in good
standing. GAC meetings are open to all members of the Chamber.
All elected officials representing Long Beach or their designees
are ex officio, nonvoting members of the GAC.
Policy Platform
• Beginning in September of each year, GAC shall develop a
policy platform consistent with GAC’s mission statement of
local, state, and federal legislative issues (Policy Platform)
for the following year. The Policy Platform shall be recommended
to the Board no later than its January meeting for discussion
and approval.
Legislation Position Authority
• The Chamber’s Board of Directors shall be updated each month
of any legislative positions approved by GAC. The Board shall
have the authority to modify any position of GAC.
GAC Voting Members
• GAC shall have the authority at their monthly meetings, on
behalf of the Board, to approve any legislative position that
aligns with the Board approved Policy Platform consistent with
GAC’s mission statement.
Advocacy Team
• The GAC Chairman and the Chamber’s President/CEO, in
consultation with the Board’s Chairman and Chair-elect, shall
serve as an “Advocacy Team” and shall have the authority to act
on behalf of the GAC to approve any legislative position that
aligns with the Policy Platform consistent with GAC’s mission
statement. The GAC shall be notified of this action within 48
hours. GAC shall have the authority to modify any decision of
the GAC Chairman or President/CEO at its next scheduled meeting.
Voting Members
• GAC members will serve a one (1) year term beginning July 1
and ending June 30, with no term limits, and shall be appointed
by the GAC Chair. The GAC Chair will receive nomination forms
for membership from May 1 to June 15 of each year. Appointment
to the GAC will be drawn from that applicant pool. Applicant
deadline will be at 5:00pm on June 15 of each year.
Executive Session
• The GAC may go into Executive Session during any scheduled
meeting at anytime for any reason upon majority approval by the
voting members of GAC present at the meeting. Only voting
members of the GAC and Chamber staff shall remain in Executive
Session.
Voting Membership Vacancies
• Prospective GAC members can apply for openings by notifying
the GAC Chair. The GAC Chair will appoint voting members to fill
in vacancies during the year.
Attendance
• GAC meets every second Thursday of each month at 7:30 am. If a
GAC member accumulates more than three unexcused absences a
year, the member may lose voting privileges in the discretion of
the GAC Chair. An unexcused absence will be charged to members
if notification to the GAC Chair or staff is not made prior to
the start of the GAC meeting.
Minutes
• Minutes will be kept of all GAC meetings.
Quorum
• A quorum shall consist of 8 voting members in attendance at
any regularly scheduled meeting.
Amendments
• The authority to amend these Operating Procedures shall be
vested in the Board of Directors.
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